In any action for contamination or deprivation of a fresh
water source or supply within one thousand feet of the site of
drilling for an oil or gas well, there shall be a rebuttable
presumption that such drilling, and such oil or gas well, or
either, was the proximate cause of the contamination or
deprivation of such fresh water source or supply.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2014 1st Special Session
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